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Welcome to the New York State Assembly website.

Since its creation in 1777, the state Assembly has helped shape history, often leading the way with progressive action and reform. On February 3, 2015 the New York State Assembly continued making history by electing New York's first African American Assembly Speaker. I am deeply proud of this honor.

The Assembly is known as the "People's House" in New York. Here, we work every day to help improve the lives of all New York's...

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Proposed Assembly Budget Makes $25 Billion Investment in Higher Education, Including $212 Million in Opportunity Program Funding

Mar 11, 2025
Speaker Carl Heastie and Higher Education Committee Chair Alicia Hyndman today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2024-25 Proposed Budget makes higher education an achievable goal for all students by providing critical funding to the State...

Assembly SFY 2025-26 Proposed Budget Includes $38.5 Billion in School Aid

Mar 11, 2025
Speaker Carl Heastie and Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto today announced the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Proposed Budget provides $38.5 billion in funding to the General Support for Public Schools (GSPS), a $2.7 billion increase...

Assembly's Proposed SFY 2025-26 Budget Invests $1 Billion in Programs to Help New York's Children

Mar 11, 2025
Speaker Carl Heastie today announced that the Assembly’s proposed State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Budget will invest $1 billion into programs that will provide new opportunities and programs for children across the state. “Our children are our future...

Assembly Budget Includes $7 Billion to Pay Off Unemployment Trust Fund Debt

Mar 11, 2025
Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Labor Committee Chair Harry B. Bronson today announced that the Assembly’s State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Budget proposal includes $7 billion to eliminate the Unemployment Trust Fund debt. “New York’s businesses...

Assembly's $256.5 Billion Proposed Budget Puts Money Back in the Pockets of Hardworking New Yorkers

Mar 11, 2025
Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair J. Gary Pretlow today announced the Assembly will pass a $256.5 billion State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2025-26 Budget proposal that will put money back in the pockets of New Yorkers, and invest...

Summary of the Assembly Recommended Changes to the Executive Budget

Mar 11, 2025

Legislature Elects Three New Members and Re-elects Five Members to Board of Regents

Mar 4, 2025
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Senate Education Committee Chair Shelley B. Mayer, Assembly Education Committee Chair Michael Benedetto, Senate Higher Education Committee Chair Toby Ann Stavisky and Assembly...

Grants Action News - March 2025

Mar 1, 2025

Speaker Heastie Statement on the Passing of Hazel Dukes

Mar 1, 2025
It is with a heavy heart that I mourn the loss of Dr. Hazel N. Dukes, president of the New York State NAACP. A dedicated civil rights leader, she committed her life to working on the frontlines of the fight for equality, bringing a seat to the table when...

2025 Economic and Revenue Report

Feb 26, 2025
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